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To first question - no. The drive was a freebie present from our son, when he bought a larger one. We received it, as is, with no cd rom, but had no problem plugging it in to my previous PC.
Same answer to question two - no. I guess the next step will be to take it out of its external case, if I can find a miniscule Phillips screwdriver, to see if there is anything on the card itself.
I very much appreciate all the kind efforts, but please don't trouble yourself further. I think I shall need to re-connect the old PC () and beg, borrow or buy another external storage medium in order to recuperate the personal data.